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EXPLAINED: Rats - The Real Truth

“Mick came in with his Les Paul, plugged in to my amp and fiddled with the controls. All of a sudden there it was, the full Ziggy Stardust tone”: The post-Bowie career of Mick Ronson, rock ’n’ roll’s most quietly spoken guitar hero

Sure, he made a massive imprint on David Bowie’s classic early ’70s albums. But Mick Ronson also worked with Lou Reed, Bob Dylan, John Mellencamp, Elton John, Roger McGuinn, Morrissey, Ian Hunter and many others

Guitar World

"Into this void of hopelessness and lack of understanding came this perfect amoral act": How a controversial song inspired by a tragic school shooting in the US became a UK No.1

Despite what many thought, I Don't Like Mondays wasn't about getting back to work after the weekend

Louder

“Ozzy Osbourne opened with I Don’t Know in front of 80,000 people, who went nuts. If you ever want to play bigger places, you need to have records that sound like you’re playing in big places”: The story of Rats and Ghost’s ascent to arenas

One year after their singer was sued by his ex-bandmates, Ghost regrouped and released a song which catapulted them to the next level

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“When you were in that taxi saying Pink Floyd are w*nkers, my brother was driving it!” How Bob Geldof ended up in The Wall despite everything

The future Live Aid organiser hated Pink Floyd –but he still ended up starring the movie version of their 1979 album

Louder

The Witcher season 4 review – Liam Hemsworth steps into a series that’s become pure bilge

2/5 Henry Cavill was the best thing about the show, and in this penultimate season, it struggles on without him

The Independent UK

The Witcher season 4 review: Liam Hemsworth becomes Geralt in time for The Witcher to fully become an ensemble show where he's basically supporting cast

Talk about a Baptism of Fire.

PC Gamer

The Witcher season 3 ending explained

The Witcher season 3 ending explained: Everything that happened in the season finale broken down, and your questions answered.

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Sinead O’Connor sent texts ‘laden with despair’ to Bob Geldof weeks before death

The Boomtown Rats frontman dedicated the band’s performance at Ireland’s Cavan Calling festival to the late singer.

The Independent UK

“Mick came in with his Les Paul, plugged in to my amp and fiddled with the controls. All of a sudden there it was, the full Ziggy Stardust tone”: The post-Bowie career of Mick Ronson, rock ’n’ roll’s most quietly spoken guitar hero

Guitar World

The Witcher season 3 ending explained: Henry Cavill's departure and more questions answered

TechRadar tries to answer your biggest questions surrounding The Witcher season 3's final episode.

TechRadar

Big Dolph Lundgren says he's in The Witcher show

Speculation is it's a spin-off series focused on a group called the Rats.

PC Gamer

Another Witcher spin-off is reportedly filming – with Dolph Lundgren in the cast

From Rocky to Rats

Total Film

Rats in the laundry? 'Gross' tubs? Some NFL teams don't make the grade, players say.

LOS ANGELES — Gross.

Los Angeles Times

ITV This Morning viewers make same quip after Sir Bob Geldof's sweary appearance on show

The singer joined hosts Holly and Phillip to remember his late the Boomtown Rats bandmate and childhood friend Garry Roberts

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The New Daily

Last NSW ‘Rat of Tobruk’ dies aged 106

The last remaining of the NSW Rats of Tobruk has died, leaving behind only a few survivors of the infamous World War II campaign in the North African

Daily Mirror

Boomtown Rats guitarist Garry Roberts dies age 72, band announce as they pay tribute

Garry Roberts, who is best known for being a guitarist in Bob Geldof's band Boomtown Rats, has passed away at the age of 72

The National (Scotland)

Guitarist for Boomtown Rats, Garry Roberts dies aged 72

The guitarist for the Boomtown Rats, Garry Roberts, has died aged 72.

The Independent UK

Boomtown Rats guitarist Garry Roberts dies aged 72

He helped found the band in Dublin in 1975.

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Irish Mirror

Boomtown Rats guitarist Garry Roberts has died - band pay moving tribute to 'founding member'

The band announced the news on Wednesday in an emotional statement to fans

The Guardian - UK

Play that funky truncheon: the extraordinary tale of Mancunian buskers the Piccadilly Rats

With their haphazard songs and animal masks, the Rats were a busking phenomenon. After tragedy ended the band, a new documentary immortalises their story

The Hindu

Pakistan to join closing ceremony of SCO anti-terror exercise hosted by India

The National Security Guard is hosting the multinational JATE ‘Manesar Anti-Terror 2022’ under the framework of the SCO Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure at the NSG Manesar Garrison.

The Hindu

SCO terror meet begins with officials from China, Pakistan and Russia in Delhi

On same day as meet, OIC issues statement criticising delimitation in J&K, earning MEA’s ire

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